State Route 42 (SR-42) is a
state highway
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completely within
Box Elder County
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in the U.S. state of
Utah. It connects
SR-30 to former
SH-81 at the
Idaho state line. The highway was formerly part of
U.S. Route 30S (US-30S), prior to being bypassed and replaced with what is now signed as
Interstate 84 (I-84).
Route description
State Route 42 begins at the Idaho state line, connecting to
Malta, Idaho via a
Cassia County
Cassia County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 Census the county had a population of 24,655. The county seat and largest city is Burley. Cassia County is included in the Burley, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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road. From its western terminus, SR-42 travels southeast through Kelton Pass, a gap between the
Raft River Mountains
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to the southwest and the
Black Pine Mountains to the northeast. The highway eventually reaches the ghost town of
Cedar Creek, where it turns to the east-southeast. It continues in this manner until its eastern terminus at
SR-30, known as
Curlew Junction.
History
The road from
SR-17 (now
SR-82) in
Tremonton northwest to
Snowville became a state highway in 1912 as part of the
Midland Trail
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(which continued to
Nevada via present SR-30. The state highway was extended to Idaho in 1921,
[ Utah Department of Transportation]
State Route History
, accessed July 2007 became part of US 30S in 1926,
and received the (unsigned) SR-42 designation in 1927. The route was extended slightly east from Tremonton to
SR-41 (now
SR-13) in 1945, taking over what had been part of
SR-82.
When
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* SR-3 Vikhr, a Russian assault rifle
* SR-3 Blackstar, the first stage of a reported American covert spaceplane program
* Matich SR3, an Australian sports car
* Radical SR3, an English sports car
* ''Saints Row: The Third'', a ...
was assigned to proposed
I-80N in 1962, SR-42 east of the Snowville junction (exit 7) became
SR-3 SR 3 may refer to:
* SR-3 Vikhr, a Russian assault rifle
* SR-3 Blackstar, the first stage of a reported American covert spaceplane program
* Matich SR3, an Australian sports car
* Radical SR3, an English sports car
* ''Saints Row: The Third'', a ...
. (Later, the portion near Tremonton would be renumbered
SR-102.) Finally, in 1969, SR-42 received its present termini, as
SR-70 (now SR-30) was extended east over SR-42 to I-84 west of Snowville, and the roadway through Snowville was removed from the state highway system.
[ The ]American Association of State Highway Officials
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approved the relocation of US-30S onto I-84 in 1970, after which the first SR-42 signs were placed on the route that had been so designated since 1927.[ Utah Department of Transportation]
Highway Resolutions
, updated October 2007, accessed May 2008
Major intersections
See also
References
External links
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